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It’s hard to talk about Black music without talking about “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius. The Chicago native, who got his start on local radio and television, wanted to create a program ...
(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Don Cornelius, the creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his home, police said. He was 75. Officers responding ...
Don Cornelius, the silky, deep-voiced creator and host of the groundbreaking African-American song and dance TV series Soul Train, was found dead Wednesday morning of an apparent suicide.
See About archive blog posts. The news Wednesday morning that ‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius was found dead in Sherman Oaks, an apparent suicide, has brought an entire era of music rushing ...
Yet “Soul Train’s” path to success was not traveled alone. “This show is a celebration of what Don created, and it’s also about what was innovated by young Black people whose ...
it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his “Soul Train” rolling. Yes, the syndicated series delivered the music of Earth Wind & Fire, the Jacksons ...
Don Cornelius who came into the living rooms of many Americans with his funky, groovy dance show "Soul Train" died early Wednesday of an apparent suicide. He was 75. Don considered a visionary and ...
Don Cornelius, the creator of ‘Soul Train,’ was found dead in his California home early Wednesday morning. Cornelius, 75, was pronounced dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound about an hour ...
The Los Angeles Police Department says Don Cornelius, the creator of "Soul Train," has died of a gunshot wound. A spokesperson for the department said Cornelius was found at at his Mulholland ...
Host and producer Don Cornelius on the set of "Soul Train" in 1977. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Known to at-home audiences as the show's "velvet-voiced and effortlessly smooth" emcee ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home, police said. He was 75. Officers ...